According to Eli Paul, the editor of The Frontier Army: Episodes from Dakota and the West (South Dakota Historical Society Press, $28.70), a slim, but densely packed collection of short essays, the book is intended to present new sources and a fresh look at familiar topics pertaining to the history and cultur

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- Truth Be Known
- What Has Taught Me: Deb Goodrich
- Earp, Cowboy Songs & Prairie Hygiene
- Trails of the Old West
- The Frontier Characters of South Dakota
- The Bowie Knife
- The Kindled Flame 1835
- King of the Scatterguns
- Selling the Mythic West and the Real West
- A Gut Punch Turns into a Miracle Reprieve
- The Beginnings of the Bird Cage
- Frontier Colossus